A few weeks ago, I wrote a blog post called “Why the Nonprofit Work Ethic Is Outdated and Needs Change,” about why nonprofit professionals need to pay attention to self-care and bring a culture of wellbeing into the nonprofit workplace.  (The topic of my forthcoming book, The Happy Healthy Nonprofit: Impact without Burnout) When I shared this article on my Facebook Page, it resonated with a lot of people. While many nonprofit professionals talked about how their nonprofits were pressure … [Read more...]

As part of co-authoring my next book, The Happy Healthy Nonprofit: Strategies for Impact without Burnout, with Aliza Sherman, we both are still practicing the ideas in the book around self-care and well being at work.    We talk about self-care as a holistic experience that goes beyond Kale smoothies and massages, although those things are nice.    When we describe self-care in the book, it isn't just a focus on physical health, but also something we call "technology wellness." This week, the … [Read more...]

We are just weeks away from the launch of the Happy Healthy Nonprofit: Impact without Burnout, my third book, co-authored with Aliza Sherman.    Yesterday,  I was honored to deliver the ending keynote, "From Self-Care to We-Care" at the Stanford Nonprofit Management Institute.    The interactive keynote had 300 nonprofit leaders take and discuss the nonprofit burnout assessment and brainstorm self-care ideas to put into practice.  Here's some of the takeaways shared on Twitter. During the q/a, … [Read more...]